|  | Authors: Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 10718
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 1136
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0443069522
Dewey Decimal Number: 612
EAN: 9780443069529
ASIN: 0443069522
Publication Date: February 11, 2009
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 Excellent text October 9, 2005
Blair Williams (Nova Scotia, Canada)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The progression of topics within sections makes it a relatively easy read and the illustrations are great to supplement the text. The companion website has excellent resources. Clinical applications are italicized as they come up in the chapters and are an interesting diversion from the pure anatomy.
great book, easy ordering September 24, 2005
Heather D. Bennett (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 18 found this review helpful
I received my order quickly and the book was in great condition!
Gray's Anatomy for Students September 1, 2005
C. Renaud
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
easy read when burried in trying to learn anatomy! lays out muscles, innervations and bone structure and has great graphics. Unbeliavable book A+++++ Must have for medical gross anatomy. Glad my professor chose it!
The best anatomy book for students! August 30, 2005
Petter Mathias S. Bjornstad (Dublin, Ireland)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is awesome - great graphs and illustration, and simple and explinatory text! It's like a hybrid between Netter, Moore and Snell! Excellent stuff, highly recommended! The best all-around anatomy book available for med-students!
Simply the best book for students April 12, 2005
T. F LEE
43 out of 44 found this review helpful
This is the single book that has made me enjoy anatomy. As a second year medical student who previously used Moore's Anatomy, I have to say this book is vastly superior, as another reviewer mentioned.
Here's what you get: the book itself, online access to the book's contents, and 6 months of "big Gray's" online.
The book is very well-organised. It uses the time-tested tradition of segmenting the book by anatomical location (abdomen, pelvis, head & neck, etc.) like most other books. In each section, there is an overview section, and then it delves into each portion (e.g. Pharynx, Larynx, Nasal Cavity, Oral Cavity, etc.). For each of those sections, it then covers the bone/cartilages and ligaments, muscles, blood vessels, lymphatics and nerves in order. The table of contents list things so well, that I use it more than the index, something I cannot say about many other books.
The text is extremely clear, and doesn't use any unnecessary obfuscation. :) However, it is also very precise, meaning that it usually uses the correct anatomical words to describe locations of structures --- make sure you learn that well because it is the way it ought to be done. It also uses the updated Terminologia Anatomica terminologies. So, instead of finding the Eustachian tube, you have to look for the pharyngotympanic tube. This is both good and bad though, as your school might still not use the correct terms. Most of the time they do include the alternative names (ligament of Trietz, Sphincter of Oddi, etc.) for reference, but not always, as in the case of the Eustachian tube.
There are also many tables and figures. Muscles are always presented in both the text and tables to summarise their actions, origin, insertion, etc.. The figures are all very clear, and large with some taking up the whole page with clear labels. Most of the time, everything referred to in the text is also found on the figures (referenced by the text, or in the pages around that topic). This is not true for many other anatomy books, forcing the students to flip all over the books to get a clearer picture (especially if the index doesn't work, like in Moore's!) This can still be further improved in future editions, but as it is, I am satisfied (a big improvement over other texts I have used).
And yes, the index is very well organised, and indicates the pages with figures for the topic. I have yet to fail to find figures in the book using the index.
There are also good clinical discussions, questions, and also radiographic pictures (x-rays, ultrasound, CT, MRI).
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